Mayers, 48, said he was giving a ride to an acquaintance and running errands on Jan. 14 when he and the passenger, 33-year-old Fenton resident Nova Barton, were arrested.

Police received a phone call from someone who claimed they saw Barton using heroin in Mayers’ parked vehicle.

Mayers said he was inside a Secretary of State’s office getting his license plate renewed at the time.

Since the arrest, Mayers has contended he did nothing wrong and was never aware of any drug use or possesion in his vehicle.

Although Barton was charged with a four-year possession of heroin felony last month, investigators found no evidence against Mayers’ story.

“I’m glad that I’m cleared,” said Mayers, who was placed on an unpaid suspension from work after his arrest. “And that’s what I told people from day one. What I said six months ago is coming out now.”

Mayers was elected to the school board in 2010 with hopes of bringing down the number of administrators and their salaries and stopping the privatizing of services provided by district employees.

The Durand resident, who has worked as a janitor with the district since 1995, became eligible to run for a board seat after the board outsourced his job, making him the employee of private contract provider Professional Contract Management Inc.

Mayers said he is still awaiting word from PCMI on when he can return to work, but he expects to do so soon.